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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Anti-miscegenation

On February 26, 1930, a Los Angeles Superior Court invalidated all Filipino-White marriages performed since 1921. It was a legal affirmation of anti-miscegenation laws, which were prevalent in the early part of the twentieth century. Labor laws, ownership laws, and different policies treated people differently. There is much pride to be taken in the Filipino American community surviving and getting through this challenge.

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